I'm an English man living in China. Chinese people are friendly and I have some new friends here. (1) I'm in a restaurant with my friends. I see a group of four old men speaking loudly. “Why are they arguing(争吵)like that?” I ask my friends. One friend tells me they are “fighting” to pay the bill(账单)!
In England, few people do that. (2) It's called “splitting(分摊)the bill” or “going Dutch”. I think there is one reason(原因)for this difference. How you pay the bill depends on(取决于)the way you order(点菜)and eat. In China,a group of people order some food and they eat together. (3) In England,each person orders and eats his or her own food. So it's easy to pay for what he or she orders.
(4) It's nice to treat(招待)my Chinese friends to dinner sometimes. And when I have meals with my English friends,I know there will be no fighting for the bill!